Dell OptiPlex 980

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	17.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	29% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Dell OptiPlex 980
Motherboard	Dell OptiPlex 980 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '18 at 15:05
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 650-$70 42,063 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Memory 66 1-Core 73.8 2-Core 110 51% 83.4 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 205 27% 202 Pts	64-Core 207 13% 207 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon 550 8,236 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Sapphire(1DA2 E367) 2GB CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.9.3 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Lighting 18.9 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 22.5 15% 24.2 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 32.2 21% 25.3 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 3 8.8 17 19 8.5 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	29% Poor	Read 217 Write 84.6 Mixed 77.5 SusWrite 12.3 21% 97.9 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 25.9 4K Mixed 14.6 60% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 32 DQ Mixed 19.2 17% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 100%
Sm611gx8 BA 8GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1GB free Firmware: M0425A SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 5 10 21 21 19 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 24% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M378B5273DH0-CH9 3x4GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.8% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 9.5 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 7 19% 6.6 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 41%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Dell OptiPlex 980

CPU
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	228x
Core i5 650Intel $70Bench 46%, 42,063 samples	224x
Core i7 860Intel $320Bench 64%, 51,451 samples	196x

GPU
Radeon HD 4550ATIBench 1%, 3,005 samples	72x
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	71x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	69x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	34x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	19x
MX500 500GBCrucial $53Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	13x

RAM
M378B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBUnknownBench 37%, 202 samples	17x
M378B5673FH0-CH9 4x2GBUnknownBench 36%, 633 samples	15x
KP223C-ELD 4x2GBUnknownBench 35%, 110 samples	15x

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Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16